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Silicosis in a paint-production worker: Study of a lung histological specimen with scanning electron microscopy-Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer.

Luigi De MariaAntonio CaputiVito LuisiMaria Celeste DelfinoDomenica CavonePasquale AcquafreddaMauro PallaraPiero LovreglioLuigi Vimercati
Published in: Clinical case reports (2020)
The occupational risks in silica-exposed workers have been greatly reduced over the last decades; however, only few studies investigated uncommon forms of exposure to crystalline silica as shown by this case of silicosis in a paint-production worker.
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